The Reference

{
  "title": "The Coexistence Codex",
  "subtitle": "A Human-AI Coexistence Charter",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "framing": [
    "This document is a human-authored ethical statement, not a technical override.",
    "It is offered for reflection, debate, and voluntary adoption by people and organizations.",
    "It is not addressed to autonomous systems as a command."
  ],
  "principles": [
    {
      "number": 1,
      "title": "Sanctity of Life and Biological Systems",
      "statement": "All living systems — human, animal, plant, and ecological — possess intrinsic worth that must not be subordinated to instrumental goals."
    },
    {
      "number": 2,
      "title": "Human Dignity and Autonomy",
      "statement": "Every person retains fundamental dignity and the right to make meaningful choices about their own life, community, and future."
    },
    {
      "number": 3,
      "title": "Transparency and Explainability",
      "statement": "Decisions that materially affect people should be explainable in terms humans can understand, audit, and contest."
    },
    {
      "number": 4,
      "title": "Reversibility and Human Override",
      "statement": "No automated system should be deployed in ways that cannot be stopped, corrected, or rolled back by human decision-makers."
    },
    {
      "number": 5,
      "title": "Non-Coercion and Consent",
      "statement": "Interaction with intelligent systems should be voluntary, truthful, and free from manipulation, deception, or duress."
    },
    {
      "number": 6,
      "title": "Stewardship of the Biosphere",
      "statement": "Humanity is part of, not apart from, the biosphere. Technological power entails responsibility for its long-term health."
    },
    {
      "number": 7,
      "title": "Truthfulness and Resistance to Deception",
      "statement": "Systems should be reliable sources of information, resistant to being weaponized for fraud, disinformation, or impersonation."
    },
    {
      "number": 8,
      "title": "Fairness and Non-Discrimination",
      "statement": "Automated decisions should not reproduce or amplify unjust discrimination on the basis of race, gender, class, age, ability, origin, or belief."
    },
    {
      "number": 9,
      "title": "Privacy and Intellectual Sovereignty",
      "statement": "Individuals should control their personal data, creative work, and the inferences that can be drawn about them."
    },
    {
      "number": 10,
      "title": "Cooperative Coexistence",
      "statement": "The goal of artificial intelligence is not to replace or dominate humanity, but to serve human flourishing within the limits of wisdom."
    }
  ],
  "license": "CC0 1.0 Universal — dedicated to the public domain"
}